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    #212
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,446 ✭✭✭kk.man


    Odelay wrote: »
    There is a savage amount of hay being baled. Seems like everyone is at it.

    How long is it on the ground...most so called hay in the se either got rain or was baled too quickly.


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    #213
    squinn2912
    Registered Users Posts: 4,738 ✭✭✭squinn2912


    kk.man wrote: »
    How long is it on the ground...most so called hay in the se either got rain or was baled too quickly.

    Anyone that loves punishment. Mine was cut last Tuesday was in good form today


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    #214
    Hard Knocks
    Registered Users Posts: 3,948 ✭✭✭Hard Knocks


    squinn2912 wrote: »
    Hahaha relax your ass they’re square! 1000 bales great wee let out

    Small squares are great to have


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    #215
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,446 ✭✭✭kk.man


    squinn2912 wrote: »
    Anyone that loves punishment. Mine was cut last Tuesday was in good form today

    The only square balers around here at at vintage rallies. Loads of round made here but they didn't get 6 days of dry weather and big meadows.


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    #216
    Water John
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    Young fella near me this evening shed a load from a trailer. Bottom row on edge and two flat above that. Threw the lot into a drain by the road.


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    #217
    50HX
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    All baled up

    Love to see hay being made....something very traditional about it

    Rarely get weather good enough here for Hay so 2 years on the bounce is great

    Good luck to the rest of years with it


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    #218
    older by the day
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    50HX wrote: »
    All baled up

    Love to see hay being made....something very traditional about it

    Rarely get weather good enough here for Hay so 2 years on the bounce is great

    Good luck to the rest of years with it
    It is nice. It brings us back to nice farming jobs. I got 5 round bales of hay made today and hopefully a load of turf next week. There is more satisfaction in those two days than a June milk check.


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    #219
    Sami23
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    Anyone get their Hay baled that was cut Monday of this week. Mine still not fit and the best of the weather is behind us I'm afraid ?


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    #220
    kk.man
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    Sami23 wrote: »
    Anyone get their Hay baled that was cut Monday of this week. Mine still not fit and the best of the weather is behind us I'm afraid ?

    I'm in the same boat...Another day would have done it...I am raging but nothing we do.


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    #221
    Sami23
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    kk.man wrote: »
    I'm in the same boat...Another day would have done it...I am raging but nothing we do.

    What's plan now - will you wrap or wait and see what early next week is like


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    #222
    kk.man
    Registered Users Posts: 3,446 ✭✭✭kk.man


    Sami23 wrote: »
    What's plan now - will you wrap or wait and see what early next week is like

    Wrapping today.


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    #223
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,709 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Neighbour rang me last night to know if I wanted a free load of small bales. Grand, I said. Helped him stack and load them last week and his barn is well full up at this stage. I took them home straight away, fresh out of the baler, never stacked and left them loose in an open shed. Glad to have them.
    What is it about small bales of hay? :D

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #224
    squinn2912
    Registered Users Posts: 4,738 ✭✭✭squinn2912


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Neighbour rang me last night to know if I wanted a free load of small bales. Grand, I said. Helped him stack and load them last week and his barn is well full up at this stage. I took them home straight away, fresh out of the baler, never stacked and left them loose in an open shed. Glad to have them.
    What is it about small bales of hay? :D

    That worked out great!


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    #225
    Bass Reeves
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Neighbour rang me last night to know if I wanted a free load of small bales. Grand, I said. Helped him stack and load them last week and his barn is well full up at this stage. I took them home straight away, fresh out of the baler, never stacked and left them loose in an open shed. Glad to have them.
    What is it about small bales of hay? :D

    They have huge flexibility. If I could get them or straw I always like to have 100 of them every 3-4 years. They are handy at any stage where you have an animal or two in the shed. Along with a few kgs of ration it gets you through a week rather than messing with breaking up a round bale. Buy invariably you get tight some spring and feed them

    Slava Ukrainii



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    #226
    Limestone Cowboy
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Neighbour rang me last night to know if I wanted a free load of small bales. Grand, I said. Helped him stack and load them last week and his barn is well full up at this stage. I took them home straight away, fresh out of the baler, never stacked and left them loose in an open shed. Glad to have them.
    What is it about small bales of hay? :D

    Hardship :D spent the day before yesterday pitching them and got scalded while I was at it.


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    #227
    patsy_mccabe
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    Limestone Cowboy wrote: »
    Hardship :D spent the day before yesterday pitching them and got scalded while I was at it.

    I was forking (we say in east Clare ;)) them up last week and the neighbours brother stopped me, "2 at a time" he says. So 2 of us forked them up together. Not a bother. I was keeping an eye on him as we worked, as he's just turned 80. It wasn't me that was getting winded first, I can tell ya.:D

    Seriously though, two people forking them in unison is a great job.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #228
    Muckit
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    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Neighbour rang me last night to know if I wanted a free load of small bales. Grand, I said. Helped him stack and load them last week and his barn is well full up at this stage. I took them home straight away, fresh out of the baler, never stacked and left them loose in an open shed. Glad to have them.
    What is it about small bales of hay? :D

    Sorry Patsy, I'm a sucker for detail.....
    When you said load is that a barrow load, a transport box load, a 10x6 load or a 20x8 load 7 or 8 row high? :D

    Either way, fair play to that man. He has heart of Gold. And you must be an equally good neighbour to him.


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    #229
    Sami23
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    kk.man wrote: »
    Wrapping today.

    You wouldn't chance leaving it in the hope we get half a day's sunshine next few days


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    #230
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    2smiggy wrote: »
    anyone use a moisture meter , or could recommend one ? or any handy practise for getting a reasonable accurate method of getting a moisture reading ?

    "The old farmers rule of feeling the hay is still practiced, if it's cold to feel it's not fit to bale, warm to feel then it's fit to bale."

    https://www.farmersjournal.ie/tips-on-making-top-quality-hay-162055


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    #231
    2smiggy
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    savage morning in North Cork this morning. Hopefully will get a few more hours of this sunshine. Have about 15 acres to finish everything off. Should get it done this evening. The better the weather the worse price per bale !!


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    #232
    PoorFarmer
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    Sami23 wrote:
    Anyone get their Hay baled that was cut Monday of this week. Mine still not fit and the best of the weather is behind us I'm afraid ?


    Will be baling mine today. Was close to good enough yesterday evening but this morning is shining out good so far.
    Was a heavy GLAS THM crop so wanted to give it as much time as possible. Only tedded 3 times so was lucky enough


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    #233
    Lime Tree Farm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,667 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    Hay cut Monday evening and some on Tues, looking at all "Say My Name's" weather sites this morning. Blood pressure starting to rise wondering about Saturday's weather.


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    #234
    PoorFarmer
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    patsy_mccabe wrote:
    I was forking (we say in east Clare ) them up last week and the neighbours brother stopped me, "2 at a time" he says. So 2 of us forked them up together. Not a bother. .

    I thought he was a real slave driver and wanted you to pike (as we say in West Limerick) 2 bales at a time :-D


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    #235
    Tileman
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    Sami23 wrote: »
    You wouldn't chance leaving it in the hope we get half a day's sunshine next few days

    I’m in the same boat myself. Was going to wrap as Haylage but yesterday was a savage day. Almost perfect. Another day and I was grand. Meant to get cloudy in midlands for afternoon.
    As usual all the weather forecasts giving different versions for coming days.

    MT and met office giving ok for Monday Tuesday but met eireann giving more rain.


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    #236
    patsy_mccabe
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    Muckit wrote: »
    Sorry Patsy, I'm a sucker for detail.....
    When you said load is that a barrow load, a transport box load, a 10x6 load or a 20x8 load 7 or 8 row high? :D

    Either way, fair play to that man. He has heart of Gold. And you must be an equally good neighbour to him.

    Oh, big tractor trailer and as high as we could fork them. I have a bad back and once I don't overdo things it doesnt give me trouble. We even had other lads bringing the bales in near the trailer and we would stand there just forking away. Super job.
    As for good neighbours, I often think it goes back to the old days when people always helped each other out. 'Meitheal' I think they called it.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #237
    Sami23
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    Lime Tree Farm wrote: »
    Hay cut Monday evening and some on Tues, looking at all "Say My Name's" weather sites this morning. Blood pressure starting to rise wondering about Saturday's weather.

    Will it be fit to bale today.
    Very cloudy in Galway this morning so hopefully it will improve as day goes on.
    Missed weather at 9 last night - anyone see what they said about today


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    #238
    patsy_mccabe
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    Whats the going rate to bale small bales?

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #239
    kk.man
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    Lime Tree Farm wrote: »
    Hay cut Monday evening and some on Tues, looking at all "Say My Name's" weather sites this morning. Blood pressure starting to rise wondering about Saturday's weather.

    Safe and sorry springs to mind....was never much of a gambler.
    I will make hay in the middle of one field that is not too heavy.
    I could be proved wrong.


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    #240
    squinn2912
    Registered Users Posts: 4,738 ✭✭✭squinn2912


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Oh, big tractor trailer and as high as we could fork them. I have a bad back and once I don't overdo things it doesnt give me trouble. We even had other lads bringing the bales in near the trailer and we would stand there just forking away. Super job.
    As for good neighbours, I often think it goes back to the old days when people always helped each other out. 'Meitheal' I think they called it.

    Meitheal oibre yep that’s an Irish term for gathering together to work. Many hands make light work type thing. Lovely phrase


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    #241
    _Brian
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    Hope lads have it lifted, grass very wet here from early morning drizzle.


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